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Apr 16, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

More Than Half of Next Year's Deficit is Congress's Fault

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Apr 12, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Debt Could Reach Record Levels in a Decade

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Apr 19, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

IMF: US is the Only Advanced Economy With Debt Rising

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a new report yesterday projecting that debt as a share of GDP will decline over the next five years for...

Apr 19, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

What If Interest Rates Are 1 Point Higher? $1.9 Trillion in Extra Costs

Interest costs are the fastest growing part of the budget, with the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projecting interest payments will more than...

Apr 16, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

More Than Half of Next Year's Deficit is Congress's Fault

The budget deficit will approach the trillion-dollar mark next year, according to recent projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Well...

Apr 12, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Balancing the Budget Would Take $7 Trillion to $10 Trillion in Savings

The worsening budget outlook means that meeting certain fiscal goals is now much more difficult than it was previously. We estimate that balancing...

Apr 12, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Debt Could Reach Record Levels in a Decade

The Congessional Budget Office's (CBO) latest budget projections released this week show how much worse recent legislation has made the fiscal...

Apr 11, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Factchecking the Senate Budget Committee Hearing with CBO

At least two claims in Wednesday's Senate Budget Committee hearing with Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Keith Hall merit fact checking....

Apr 9, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Analysis of CBO’s April 2018 Budget and Economic Outlook

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its ten-year budget and economic outlook today, showing that recent legislation has made an already...

Apr 9, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

New From CBO: Trillion-Dollar Deficits Will Return In Two Years

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its latest baseline projections – the first since last June and the first to incorporate the...

Apr 6, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Baseline 101: Anticipating CBO's Updated Budget Outlook

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) will release its 2018 Budget and Economic Outlook on April 9, which is likely to project sustained trillion-...